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David Perry

Rev Associate Professor David Perry

Vice President and Provost
  • Biography

    In his role as Vice President and Provost, David oversees and provides leadership for all the operations of AC.\ He has years of experience in higher education leadership and management, and he has also been a lecturer in theology for the last 10 years.\ He is an ordained Minister with Australian Christian Churches. \ \

    David holds a number of leadership roles within the broader higher education sector.\ He has been a member of the Higher Education Standards Panel, an expert statutory advisory body to the Federal Minister for Education, from 2020-2023.\ He is also the Chair of Independent Higher Education Australia (IHEA), Secretary of the Council of Deans of Theology, Commissioner for the APTA Theological Commission, and Board Member of Alphacrucis College New Zealand. He was a Steering Committee Member for the Higher Education Private Providers Quality Network for many years, and is immediate past President of the Association of Pentecostal and Charismatic Bible Colleges.

    David completed a Bachelor of Ministry in 2001, and a Bachelor of Theology with First Class Honours in 2009.\ He completed his PhD at Australian Catholic University.\ The title of his PhD thesis was 'Pentecostal Spirit Baptism: An Analysis of Meaning and Function', and it has been published in book form by Brill. He has also completed a Graduate Certificate in Leadership and is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

    David is a member of the Pentecostal Studies research cluster.

    Qualifications

    PhD (Australian Catholic University)
    Dissertation Title Pentecostal Spirit Baptism: An Analysis of Meaning and Function 2015

    Graduate Certificate in Leadership (Deakin University) 2021

    Bachelor of Theology (Hons 1) (Sydney College of Divinity) 2009

    Bachelor of Ministry (Christian Heritage College) 2001

  • Research Interests


    Research Interests

    Pentecostal Theology

    Pneumatology

    Theological Method

    Higher Education

  • Research Publications

    Books

    • 2017
      • Perry, David (2017). Spirit Baptism: The Pentecostal Experience in Theological Focus. Brill. | External link

    Book Chapters

    • 2021
      • Austin, Denise A. and David Perry (2021). Developing a Research and Scholarship Framework: An Australian Christian Higher Education Case Study In Johannes M. Luetz and Beth Green, Innovating Christian Education Research (pp. 125-142). Springer.

    Journal Articles

    • 2024
      • Grey, Jacqueline; Perry, David (2024). Pentecostal Higher Education in the Australian Context. Pneuma, 46 470-488.
      • Perry, D. and Grey, J. (2024). Pentecostal Higher Education in the Australian Context. Pneuma, 46(3-4) 470–488.
    • 2022
      • Denise A. Austin, David Perry, Stephen Fogarty (2022). Politics and Pentecostalism in Australia. Pneuma, 44 110-118.
    • 2015
      • Austin, Denise A. and Perry, David (2015). From Jerusalem to Athens: A Journey of Pentecostal Pedagogy in Australia. Journal of Adult Theological Education, 12(1), 43-55. | External link
    • 2014
      • Perry, David (2014). "Spirit Baptism and Social Action: The Pentecostal experience of Spirit baptism as a rationale for social action and mission". Australasian Pentecostal Studies, 16. | External link
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